# SDMB Fantasy Football DYNASTY League: Year 14 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [July 16, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055 "2022-07-16T17:49:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/541 "2022-09-09T01:08:55Z")
Just did a test and it does appear that a player must have an injury designation to go on IR. I could place neither Gronk nor Ridley in an IR slot. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/542 "2022-09-09T01:34:24Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > > [@EllisDee](#): > > > > Note: Since the season has started I would bet a dollar that we are locked into the six we have. Something to fix for next year. > > Yeah, it looks like we are locked in to 6 again. That’s my fault. I didn’t know Yahoo would force me to update that before I updated the rosters for the completed draft. I thought we can update it any time before the first game kicks off. The lock happens when we finish the draft, so that’s on me I’m sure we can make a rule setting a number less than 6 (3?), and trust each other to follow it and/or enforce it. Just cause theres 6 doesnt mean the rule cant be different. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/543 "2022-09-09T17:03:12Z")
Let’s roll with 6 IR but definitely change it for next season. We may still have Covid flare ups this season. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/544 "2022-09-10T01:59:07Z")
IR slots can be added after the draft but not taken away. I see the logic - you could put guys on IR right after the draft was finalized, and if you removed the slots, what would yahoo do with them? Easier just to not allow them to be decreased. So I looked it up and IR slots allow IR, PUP, and OUT. I thought I remembered it allowing me to place doubtful players on there too. I couldn’t find an official rules page, but a tweet by the official yahoo fantasy account said IR, PUP, and OUT. I’d be fine with 6 IR slots if they actually have to be on IR, but I don’t love it when you can stick guys that are out for a week on there. Sometimes you have to make interesting fantasy decisions about short term injuries and drops, and it keeps the waiver wire more active. But I don’t think it’s that big a deal. We could ask people not to use more than X slots as an option, but that’d require some enforcement. Not a huge deal really, I suppose. I’m inclined to say we can just leave all 6 slots open as yahoo allows and discuss it over the offseason to decide what we want to do with it next year. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/545 "2022-09-10T02:00:12Z")
In other news, it looks like Cam Akers isn’t going to be making an unprecedented recovery, he looked pretty awful so far. [This](https://twitter.com/donmegah/status/1568360878214631425?s=46&t=Fq0gf6grjZDdIarbfCD_jQ) play where he runs away from a block is really damning and strange, and makes me wonder if his head is in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/546 "2022-09-10T02:07:19Z")
He already made the unprecedented recovery, but somehow he looks worse after months off than he did during the playoffs last year. The “head in the game” theory is a good one. There’s also the whole “overreaction week” thing to consider. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/547 "2022-09-10T02:09:56Z")
Oh right, I forgot he made it back last year. Looking up the stats, his playoffs had 67 attempts at 2.6 yards per carry, so, not great. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/548 "2022-09-10T03:33:38Z")
It just felt too much like Kenneth Dixon 2.0 to me; I had to drop him for my peace of mind. While I’m glad I didn’t carry Akers on my roster for a couple years of frustration, I was rooting for him in real life. Ruptured Achilles is no joke. ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/549 "2022-09-10T19:09:38Z")
Work is crushing my weekend so I won’t have time to do my own reviews before week 1, but I wanted to thank @Jules_Andre for posting his. They do help get the juices flowing for the season. Thank you. I already posted my intentions on rebuilding the team before the draft, so rather than repeating that (every draft pick looks good for year 3, or they would not have been drafted.) Let me respond to the Jules AI and its algorithmic analysis. > [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > **QB Strength: 10th** > . . . Now Joe Burrow is on the team, and he’s both young and elite. The backup QB on this team hurts the rating, but stick any youngish passer with upside on the team and this rating will shoot up. Since QBs last so long, the competing window isn’t necessarily open right now, so Mundi retains flexibility on when to accumulate and when to go all in. > **This is fair. I like Goff a little more than most projections but that doesn’t mean I think he is good. And I am also higher than most on Burrow long term. He will eventually get a less offensive line and already has elite young receivers.** > > **WR Strength: 8th** > Tee Higgins [yada yada yada] > **This might be generous, but I actually like the group much more than production warrants. THere are a bunch of hopes and dreams beyond Higgins, but I bet on young WR moving into situations that I think will benefit them in the long term (and Ridley staying personally disciplined while being made an example of NFL hypocrisy on gambling.). Hopes and dreams, little AI, hopes and dreams.** > > **RB Strength: 11th** > The decision to rebuild and not take advantage of the 1st overall pick and a genuine elite prospect at the most important position in fantasy is a very interesting one. If Mundi saw something that scared him away from Hall, I get it . . . [scary things that are mostly true] > **Yeah - this group looks rough on opening day. Eventually a starter will emerge in LA and Robinson will return (hopes and dreams!) but until then it looks dark. I love Mattison’s chance to get a starting gig next year, too much to add him to the clearance sale. On Hall - I don’t see bust, but I also don’t see dominance. I think he will be low-tier RB1 at best in year 3. Useful to have, but not woiorth building around.** > > **TE Strength: 11th** > Pat Freiermuth surprised a lot of people last year, and I think he’s undervalued. . . . No work really needed here. > **I agree with Jules more than Jules AI. I was also thrilled to land Otton late as a developmental prospect with only fossils ahead of him in TB. No way I believe this is nearly teh worst TE group in teh league, even this year. Stupid algorithm** > > **Youth: 7th** > […] > **I have no idea what this thing is trying to measure or how much of the roster you are evaluating. My core going into next will have nobody carrying more than 5 NFL seasons (including 2022) except for JuJu who will have 6. The future is bright baby AI - stop trying to harsh my buzz.** ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/550 "2022-09-10T19:36:46Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > I have no idea what this thing is trying to measure or how much of the roster you are evaluating. My core going into next will have nobody carrying more than 5 NFL seasons (including 2022) except for JuJu who will have 6. The future is bright baby AI - stop trying to harsh my buzz. The Youth grade is based only on the projected best starting roster. This is a little messy, because a rookie might not be better than a vet this year so they sit on your bench, but would be better for the next 4 years. I’m not sold that the metric is useful. Until this season, I used it as a shorthand to know the combined relative strength and youth of my starting roster compared to everyone else. Now that I have sacrificed youth to gain production, and not lost on the Youth metric, I can more clearly see the weaknesses of the metric It’s kinda dumb to project fantasy output for players who are pending free agents, or rookies who haven’t proven anything. Or even beyond 2 years at most? Still, I’m really proud of the way the system factors in decline. It works, but it probably isn’t tuned properly. Since the metric itself is so messy, I haven’t bothered to try to fix it ---
**Author:** ![Spiritus\_Mundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Spiritus\_Mundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiritus_Mundi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/551 "2022-09-10T20:35:36Z")
Well - if Davante Parker and Amir Abdullah are in my starting roster week 1 next year things have definitely not proceeded according to plan 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/552 "2022-09-11T15:59:38Z")
Fyi…IR slots are not available for Inactive players who were otherwise healthy. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/553 "2022-09-11T20:11:44Z")
This may be slightly premature but all signs point to Jahan Dotson being Jerry Rice II. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/554 "2022-09-11T22:15:01Z")
Stupid Yahoo projections. Why did I let them convince me that the Browns defense would score more points than the Steelers? Gah! And of course Rodgers implodes as soon as I get him. Should’ve started Mayfield. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/555 "2022-09-11T22:23:23Z")
Yeah Baker Mayfield \> Aaron Rodgers easily, not sure how you screwed that one up ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/556 "2022-09-11T23:00:00Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Stupid Yahoo projections. Why did I let them convince me that the Browns defense would score more points than the Steelers? Gah! I don’t think you have anything to worry about. Anybody read any good speculation on how the 2023 rookie class is shaping up? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/557 "2022-09-11T23:49:26Z")
Yeah, nice. Rodgers gave me a piddling 3.65 points but I still managed 144.45 for the week. I’ll take it. Saquon Barkley looks like he’s on a mission. Me likey. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/558 "2022-09-12T12:04:50Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > **QB Strength: 1st** > Not much to say about a combo of Dak and Jalen Hurts. There’s a chance Hurts doesn’t do enough this year on a loaded roster to keep his job, especially since the Eagles have all the ammunition needed to buy a veteran QB or a top rookie next season. This was the gamble I took when I traded him away. Even if he doesn’t keep his job, Dak is stable and excellent in fantasy, and you can build around him. Taking Ridder, then, was smart. Ridder has a high upside and a path to a starting role by next year. He was very cheap. He’s an ideal reserve to hold And just like that, I lose Dak for multiple weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/559 "2022-09-12T13:38:34Z")
I will have the ~4th highest score this week and yet I’m getting absolutely crushed by Petey. If Chris Godwin misses significant time, I’m in trouble. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055/560 "2022-09-13T16:37:50Z")
The Cowboys offense and any coin-flip Manager decision I could have made really screwed me this week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-fantasy-football-dynasty-league-year-14/968055.md?page=29)